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7. Hie fidd agait or some odiez- lepveaentstivB of tiae eoflege viQ 

 aim to viat eadi contestazit sonoe time dming tiie cootest. The ageaot &t 

 that time irill secie tiie pig. 



S. At the ccndDskm of tibe contest, S^itanber 1, each ronlesfamt mi^t 

 satsnit his final lepcsi and a story, '"Feetfing and cazing for toy Fig.'' 



9. The vazioas pnies will be aw^arded to the contestants obtazidng the 

 highp<=T scoies. CoQtestazikS most hear in mind ^lat ^le ^ics made be- 

 twesi May 1 ctr Jane 1 and Septemb^ 1 are irhat the contest is batsed 

 upon, and not ihe axe of tiie pig at the dose of the contest, as some con- 

 testants ma y stan with hesTJa pigs than a&ets. Contestants should 

 select pigs at kast six weds <Jd on May 1 or J^in^ 1. arid xaefaaUy otdo*. 

 The fdlowing score card will be used: — 



Score Cari 



Rate of gam. ....■■ ^ 



Cheapen cost erf prodocdon. 25 



Socreofpig, .... 10 



Net DToSi, ..... 15 



Storv of eaze and piodactkHi. .... 15 



Xesmess asd wnnpletesess of reeords- !'■ 



Prenii.ris. 

 Fifty boys and girls who make the best recc«i in the Pig 



Club contest will have their expenses paid, as veil as the 

 freight en the champion pigs, to Brockton and return, to attend 

 the Brockton fair in October. A tent will be erected in whidi 

 the pigs will be exhibited. From this list of champions the one 

 ha%-ing the highest score wiU have his or her expenses paid to 

 Chicago. Illinois, to attend the big live-stock show in December, 

 or to Washington, District of Columbia, as the diampion may 

 elect; two or three of the next most successful will have their 

 expenses paid to live-stock farms in New England; from tei 

 to twenty of the others wiU have their expenses paid for 

 a week at the Massachusetts Agricultural College at the time 

 of the agricultural prize winners* camp. AU prize winners wiU 

 be entitled to diplomas of merit. 



PorLTKT Club. 



Thus far the work of this club has been the production of 



eggs. Xo attempt has been made to hatch or raise chickens nor 



to market poultry. In some cases high-bred stock is used by 



uldi^-idual members; only the egg? are marketed during the 



